Oscar Romero

Coach Oscar Romero and the Tucson High baseball team was awarded the No. 1 seed in the Division II state tournament on Friday The Badgers are followed by No. 2 Salpointe Catholic and No. 3 Canyon del Oro.

 Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star 2014

Officially, Romero isn’t listed as a state championship coach, although he was no less than the co-head coach with Tom Lundy of the powerful 1987 and 1988 Tucson Badger teams that went a combined 48-10 with two state championships. Romero is still swinging away. His THS teams reached the state finals in 2002, 2015 and 2016.

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